Re: DS9 Season 4 video flaw?

Impmon <> wrote:
>On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 10:09:45 -0700, SloPoke <> typed:
>
>>I've watched the first disc of DS9 season 4, and I've noticed
>>something in the video that I've not seen before on the previous sets.
>>On almost the centre of the right half of the screen, in all the disc
>>1 episodes, on alternating scenes, there is a small white dot that
>>sometimes crawls up the screen, and sometimes crawls down. It might
>>not be noticeable unless you have a big screen tv, but it's there on
>>my set, and kind of irritating. Does anyone else see this? A flaw in
>>the video transfer?
>
>Doesn't show up on my 27" TV. Could be your disks are bad or there's
>something with your DVD player. Try those shows on a different DVD
>player. If the white dot shows up, take DS9 back for exchange. If they
>don't show up, DS9 may be doing something that's incompatible with your
>player.

Could be a bad disc. I played it back on my PC using PowerDVD, and
the artifact is still there. For instance, at about 13:00 in the
first EP, during the conversation in the holosuite, there is a tiny
white dot that looks like it's part of the video that crawls up and
down as the scene changes. At 13:30, the dot is on the actor's cheek
and crawls up over her eye to her forehead for about 10 seconds as the
scene plays.

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SloPoke <> wrote:
>Impmon <> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 10:09:45 -0700, SloPoke <> typed:
>>
>>>I've watched the first disc of DS9 season 4, and I've noticed
>>>something in the video that I've not seen before on the previous sets.
>>>On almost the centre of the right half of the screen, in all the disc
>>>1 episodes, on alternating scenes, there is a small white dot that
>>>sometimes crawls up the screen, and sometimes crawls down. It might
>>>not be noticeable unless you have a big screen tv, but it's there on
>>>my set, and kind of irritating. Does anyone else see this? A flaw in
>>>the video transfer?
>>
>>Doesn't show up on my 27" TV. Could be your disks are bad or there's
>>something with your DVD player. Try those shows on a different DVD
>>player. If the white dot shows up, take DS9 back for exchange. If they
>>don't show up, DS9 may be doing something that's incompatible with your
>>player.
>
>Could be a bad disc. I played it back on my PC using PowerDVD, and
>the artifact is still there. For instance, at about 13:00 in the
>first EP, during the conversation in the holosuite, there is a tiny
>white dot that looks like it's part of the video that crawls up and
>down as the scene changes. At 13:30, the dot is on the actor's cheek
>and crawls up over her eye to her forehead for about 10 seconds as the
>scene plays.
>
>I'll get the set replaced and see if it's still there.

Got a new set, the artifact is still there. It's also on at least the
first EP of the second disc too. Hardly noticeable if you have a
smaller screen TV, but on a 56", it stands out like a sore thumb.
Looks like a drop of water sliding down the lense (or up in some
scenes). Once you've noticed it, it's hard to overlook.

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